LOS ANGELES — Picture Trey Yesavage wearing a blue ballcap with a Buffalo Bison on it. It was mid-August, a couple hours after his triple-A debut, which lasted just five outs and saw Yesavage give up a walk, a single and two more walks to the first four batters he faced.

The right-hander with the over-the-top delivery stood in front of a small group of reporters post-game in Buffalo after giving up two earned runs and walking four batters in the first inning, and he explained he always fought nerves while debuting with a new team, and he was happy to now have them out of the way.

“I know I’m the same guy, and I’ll be better for it next week,” Yesavage said, then at his fourth stop in pro ball within the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization.

The 22-year-old rookie sure wasn’t wrong there, and

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